Cleistocactus hyalacanthus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cereeae
Subtribus: Trichocereinae
Genus: Cleistocactus
Species: Cleistocactus hyalacanthus
Name

Cleistocactus hyalacanthus (K.Schum.) Rol.-Goss. (1904)
Synonyms

Cereus hyalacanthus K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 101. 1897 syn. sec. Kiesling & al. 2014
Cleistocactus hyalacanthus subsp. hyalacanthus syn. sec. Kiesling & al. 2014
Demnosa strausii var. luteispina Frič in Möller's Deutsche Gärtn.-Zeitung 44: 170. 1929 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Pilocereus strausii var. fricii Dörfl. in Monatsschr. Deutsch. Kakteen-Ges. 2: 55. 1930 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Cleistocactus strausii var. fricii (Dörfl.) Backeb., Cactaceae 2: 1015. 1959 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Cleistocactus strausii var. jujuyensis Backeb. in Cact. J. (London) 3: 25. 1934 syn. sec. Tropicos
Cleistocactus jujuyensis (Backeb.) Backeb. in Beitr. Sukkulentenk. Sukkulentenpflege 1942: 50. 1942 syn. sec. Kiesling & al. 2014
Pilocereus jujuyensis (Backeb.) Anon. in Cact. & Vetpl. (Amsterdam) 8: 5. 1942 syn. sec. Kiesling & al. 2014
Cleistocactus hyalacanthus Backeb., Veröff. Deutsch. Kakt.-Ges. 5: 50. 1942, nom. illeg., syn. sec. WFO 2019
Cleistocactus tarijensis Cárdenas in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 28: 54. 1956 syn. sec. Kiesling & al. 2014
Cleistocactus hyalacanthus subsp. tarijensis (Cárdenas) Mottram in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 13: 11. 2002 syn. sec. Kiesling & al. 2014
Cleistocactus compactus Backeb., Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 17. 1957 ["1956"] syn. sec. Kiesling & al. 2014
Cleistocactus jujuyensis var. fulvus F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 2: 480. 1980 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Echinopsis nothohyalacantha Anceschi & Magli in Cactusinhabitat S. Amer. 2011/2013: 38. 2013 syn. sec. Kiesling & al. 2014

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
Regional: Western South America
Argentina Northwest, Bolivia
Introduced into:
Canary Is.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Gosselin, R.Roland 1904: Bulletin Mensuel de la Societe Centrale d'Agriculture, d'Horticulture et d'Acclimatation de Nice et des Alpes-Maritimes 44: 33.

Additional references

Verloove, F. & al. (2017). New records of naturalised and invasive cacti (Cactaceae) from Gran Canaria and Tenerife, Canary islands, Spain Bradleya. Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society 35: 58-79.
Lowry, M. (2016). A synopsis of the genus Cleistocactus Lemaire (Cactaceae) Bradleya. Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society 34: 148-186.
Hunt, D., Taylor, N. & Charles, G. (ed.) 2006. The New Cactus Lexicon. Milborne Port. ISBN 0-9538134-4-4.
Govaerts, R. 1999. World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b). 1532 pp.. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-5720-098-8 (issue 1), ISBN 90-5720-099-6 (issue 2b). Reference page.
Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Open access Reference page.

Links

Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Cleistocactus hyalacanthus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Dec 07. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cleistocactus hyalacanthus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Apr 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cleistocactus hyalacanthus. Published online. Accessed: Apr 19 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Cleistocactus hyalacanthus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Apr 19.
Hassler, M. 2021. Cleistocactus hyalacanthus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Apr 19. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Cleistocactus hyalacanthus. Accessed: 19 Apr 2021.

Vernacular names
svenska: Borströrkaktus

Cleistocactus hyalacanthus is a species of columnar cacti in the genus Cleistocactus. The name comes from the Greek kleistos meaning closed because the flowers hardly open.

Cleistocactus hyalacanthus flowers sprout from the center of needle clusters. They first appear as small dark spots, which gradually enlarge over a week or ten days into long red flowers, each of which is only open, and only slightly, for one day. They are food for hummingbirds, which are attracted by the vivid red color. Those flowers that have been fertilized will develop a fruit which is 1 cm in diameter. The fruits eventually turn yellow when they are ripe. They are food for larger birds, which disperse the small black seeds in their droppings.
References

"Cleistocactus hyalacanthus (K.Schum.) Rol.-Goss". The Plant List (2010). Version 1. Retrieved 1 December 2012.